Hey everyone, I have a 1975 XS650. The battery will hold a charge for a short time. A lot longer when the bike is turned off and sitting. When I turn the key to "on" and take a reading on the battery I notice it drains by .10 every two seconds or so. That seems very fast.
When the bike is turned on and running after a full charge it will run fine. I can smoothly let out the clutch without stalling or hopping out of first and when I stop it will find neutral fine. After I ride up the street and come to a stop it will begin the hopping out of first. By the next stop sign a street over it will most likely stall coming out of first or I'll have to take off hard to keep it from hopping and stalling. When I can't launch hard enough it just stalls and then it won't find neutral! So I'm stuck at the intersection playing with the clutch and trying to rock it into neutral. It will go after a short time.
Usually as this point I'm pushing the bike home only to see that the battery has only 9.8 or 10 volts of charge left.
The hoping happens as the clutch is about 3/4's of the way out. Seems to be associated with the battery loosing power so fast but I am loosing my mind trying to think of how to fix it.
This is my first motorcycle period so it kind of a trial by fire situation. Any help would be great as I haven't gotten a chance to ride it more than around my block like this.
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When the bike is turned on and running after a full charge it will run fine. I can smoothly let out the clutch without stalling or hopping out of first and when I stop it will find neutral fine. After I ride up the street and come to a stop it will begin the hopping out of first. By the next stop sign a street over it will most likely stall coming out of first or I'll have to take off hard to keep it from hopping and stalling. When I can't launch hard enough it just stalls and then it won't find neutral! So I'm stuck at the intersection playing with the clutch and trying to rock it into neutral. It will go after a short time.
Usually as this point I'm pushing the bike home only to see that the battery has only 9.8 or 10 volts of charge left.
The hoping happens as the clutch is about 3/4's of the way out. Seems to be associated with the battery loosing power so fast but I am loosing my mind trying to think of how to fix it.
This is my first motorcycle period so it kind of a trial by fire situation. Any help would be great as I haven't gotten a chance to ride it more than around my block like this.
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